Books Tagged ‘Philosophy’
The Art of War (Sunzi bing fa)
Subject: Nonfiction
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period (roughly 5th century BC). The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chine...
Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, War, History
The Communist Manifesto
Subject: Philosophy
The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), is an 1848 political document by German philosophers Karl...
Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, History, Economics
On Liberty
Subject: Philosophy
On Liberty is a philosophical essay by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, it applies Mill’s ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state. Mill suggests sta...
Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, History, Economics
The Poetics of Aristotle
Subject: Philosophy
Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. In this text Aristotle offers an...
Tags: Poetry, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Art, Criticism
Two Treatises of Government
Subject: Philosophy
Two Treatises of Government (or Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overth...
Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, History
The Problems of Philosophy
Subject: Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy....
Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Science
Meditations
Subject: Philosophy
Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exer...
Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Spirituality, Psychology
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Subject: Philosophy
Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD. The work outlines Saint Augustine...
Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Biography, Religion, Theology, Christian
Candide
Subject: Fiction
Candide, ou l’Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is livi...
Tags: Humor, Philosophy, Fiction, Literature
Common Sense
Subject: Nonfiction
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive pr...
Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, History